diff --git a/example/example/settings.py b/example/example/settings.py
index 33df55d..d027ee6 100644
--- a/example/example/settings.py
+++ b/example/example/settings.py
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 
     'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
         'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
-    ]
+    ],
+    'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
+        'django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend',)
 }
 
 ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_bootstrap3"